Window frame and sash and door-casing



No. 624,944. h Patented May I6, 1899. A. JONES & H, HABIE. j

WINDOW FRAME A ND SASH AND DDUR CASING. 4

(Application filed Apr. 3, 1897.)

(No Model.)

WITNESEES' I UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

ANDREW JONES AND HENRY l-IARIG, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.-

WINDOW FRAME AND SASHAND DOOR-CASING,

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 624,944, dated May 16, 1899.

Application filed April 3,1897. Serial No. 680,525. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ANDREW JONES and HENRY HARIG, citizens of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Window Frames and Sash and Door-Casings, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to an improvement in window frames and sash and door-casings;

The object of our invention is to provide simple, effective, durable, and economical means for preventing windows and doors from rattling and also for making them practically air-tight and absolutely dust-proof.

Our invention consists in providing a window-frame, window-sash, or door-casing with a suitable groove or grooves and a flat metallic spring or springs, each securely fastened thereto at one edge, its opposite free edge proj ecting into said groove and normally resting against one wall of the groove, bearin g snugly against the door or window-sash to form a tight joint and adapted to yield laterally toward the opposite wall to adjust itself to different thickness of door or sash or inequalities in the surface, and in the novel features of construction and arrangement and in the parts and combination of partsv hereinafter set forth, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings,.Figure l is a sectional perspective View of a box window-frame, showing a T-shaped parting-strip and the position of our improved metallic spring. Fig. 2 is a sectional perspective view of the meeting-rails in open position, showing our invention applied. Fig. 3 is a View of the same in a closed position. Fig. 4 is a sectional perspective View of the bottom rail of a window-sash, showing our invention applied thereto. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of a door and door-jamb, illustrating our invention as applied thereto.

WVe have illustrated our invention as applied to the window-stiles, meeting-rails of the sash, bottom-sash rail, and door-casing; but it may be applied to the top of the window-frame in thesame manner as at the side, except that the groove isonly required in one side of the parting-strip.

The window-frame Amay be constructed of any style desired. The parting-strip B is pref erably made in a T shape, as shown, to form a groove 1) upon each side. The metallic springs C are securely embedded in or fastened to the window-frame stile a at one edge and their edges normally extending beneath the T projections'of the parting-strip and bear against them, but are free to yield toward the window-frame stile when the window-sash D bears against it, as shown at the left of Fig. 1.

To form a tight joint between the meetingrails, we preferably provide an L-shaped projection d upon the meeting-rail of the lower sash to form a groove for receiving the free edge of the metallic spring, its opposite edge being suitably embedded in or secured to the rail.

of the bottom rail to form a groove, as shown Q edge being embedded in .or fastened to the jamb or side piece of the door-casing, so that when the door F is closed the spring will bear snugly against the stile of the door and form an absolutely dust-proof and air-tight joint between the door and casing, as shown in Fig. 5.

We claim- 1. A window. frame or sash, or door-casing formed with an L-shaped extension having a groove therein to receive the free end of a fiat metal spring whereby said edge is protected and a dust-proof joint formed, substantially as set forth.

2. A T-shaped parting-strip in combination with a window-frame stile and metallic springs, each secured to'said stile at one edge and its opposite edge taking into and adapted to yield in the space between the stile and T formed with an L-shaped extension and having a groove therein with a spring having one edge embedded in said frame and secured thereto, and its opposite edge taking into said groove and adapted to bear against an adjacent sash whereby a tight joint is obtained, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of a door or windowframe casing formed with an L-shaped extension and having a groove therein, with a flat spring having one edge embedded in said casing and secured thereto and its opposite edge taking into said groove and adapted to bear against the Window-frame or door, substan-- tially as set forth.

ANDREW JONES. HENRY HARIG. Witnesses JAMES N. RAMSEY, J. W. BOWEN. 

